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The Daily journal-herald. (Delaware, Ohio), 1916-08-03

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DBLAWARE, OHIO, THURSDAY EV EKING, Al <;i ST 8. 1010.
VOLUME 71. NO. »:«.
PRICE TEN CENTS FEB WHK-
CASEMENT PAYS PENALTY
American Aviator Killed in France
Photographed Just Before His Death
"I Die for My Country/' Were Last Words of Irish Leader Before Trap
Is Sprung at Pentonville Prison—Casement Calm Till the Last
and Large Crowds Surround Prison, Cheering and Groaning as
Bed Tolls the Death News
NO SILKEN CORD ALLOWED CASEMENT; FORMER RANK IS
UNNOTICED AS HE IS LED TO GALLOWS TO DIE FOR TREASON
Ity United l*re-,.-. King and Carey heard Casement's : did not wear a collar. He assisted
London. Aug. 8.—Roger Casement last confe-BSion and administered the! his executioner in adjusting Unpaid penalty for treason t-exlay With j holy communion to the condemned j noose and pinioning of his arms and
his life. He was hanged at 1'enton-' man. Both accompanied him to the
vllle prison at l»:07 a. m. today. Ten i scaffold.
minute** later his body was tut down,
life being pronounced extinct.
The Irish leader's hist weirds spoken while waiting fearlessly for the
elr»p to be sprung were "I die for
my exiantry."
A Hempen Cord.
Th* Rochdale barber FUis. the-,
prison's regular executioner, sprung
the drop after he had adjusted the
hempen noose—not the "silken cord''
Leaving his cell on the summons
to death, the Irishman appeared
slightly nervous, but there were no
signs of a breakdown and he smiled
gravely at his guard remarking "it
is a beautiful morning."
legs.
The govern ment turned a deal
ear to all pleas for commutation of
the) degraded knight's sentence- Petitions have been pouring in at the
home office for weeks. It was in
answer to these that Lord Koleert
Cecil asserted that no doni.t existed
as to the irishman's guile and that
Urayers Are Offered.
Several of the Irishmen ln the j the only ground on which comma-
crowd outside the Jail fell on their j tation could be based would he polit-
knee*) and prayed fervently during! ical expediency - "a difficult ground
the tolling of the bell which an- j to put forth in this country."
nounred Casement's death. On the | Refore Dublin Revolt.
which the former knight had hoped other ta_J thm ^^ & ^ _ tnej The then gir Rogpr amMBm% vvas
np to a few weeks ago would ,K'; wau-hers, men and women, who wav-l arrested on April 22 after having
'' ed hat* and handkerchiefs. j landed on tbe Irish coast from a
Last guards said Casement spent German submarine which was ion-
consideralele time In writing butjvoylng a German tramp steamer
in accordance with the ancient privilege granted men of his title .
The hanging was witnessed only
t>y officials of the prison. A large
crowd waited outside the grim gaol
slept soundly after he had retired.
Casement expected a reprieve and
commutation of his sentence up to
and when the hell tolled announc-, )agt night b||t _hen darkne8S came
ing tbe law's satisfaction there were j he reaVlz^ there w_ Q<)
loaded with arms and ammunition
for Irish revolutionists. Two days
later the Dublin revolt broke out.
The Irish knigbt was taken to
hope, iti London and on May 16 charged w-ith
a few cheers intermixed with groans, j wa8 galu-_ and wltnout emot(OI1, wentj "high treason without the realm.
Several Irish women standing at lhe:abont ^.j,,,, nlg affa1rB ,n order, j Casement was held not only to haie
rear of the Pentonville Jail at-I Those who wltneRaed th« hanging say | plotted to overthrow BrltiBh rule- in
tempted a demonstration led by ML^ ,ri8nnsan wa8 maBter of himself i Ireland through landing of German
Irish member of parliament, buti wa|kinK t0 death and waiting for the! arms and ammunition and conspir-
arere quickly hustled off the scene, n<x>se to tighten when th(J prieet
iiv- guards. recited the litany Casement respond-
Calm Till the leant. ! ed in a clear voice:
It was said Casement went calra-| "The Ixird have
ly to his death led by a Catholic soul."
priest who ministered to him when Wore Own Clothes
he retired last night for the lastj Casement was granted just one graded from his knighthooel
time at IOi.IO and when he arose j boon before his death—and that wasjdiately after the conviction.
mercy on my
acy with Kngland's enemies, but to
have sought while in Germany to
persuade Irish prisoners there lo disavow theif allegiance.
Degraded From KnlgtitliiMiel.
The Irish leader was formally de-
HllIiH -
A cor-
Super Submarine Which Astounded the World a
Few Weeks Ago Is Now on Way Out to Sea.
Thought to Have Safely Distanced the Allied
Patrols
\rreo\ points tee \ ieieir < liaprnan.
Victor Chapman, one of the best known of the America:: aviators
lighting for the allie-s, is shown telling the story of the battle in which he
was wounded to a group of Prench officers A few hours lateir he went
up again, and it was hip last flight.
liV CARL l>. CltOAT [after sunrise that no sign bad been
Catted 1'ress Staff IV.n-e-speenile-nt. seen of the Deutsehland. A single
Xorfolk. Va., Aug. It.—Somewhere disappointed British dog of war lay
in the eliree-tion of Germany, safely ,,ff Tape- Henry Light and not anotb-
pari Hie- u I lied warship patrol. Ihe er vessel was in sight Weather con-
siiliiiiarine merchant man Deutserli. i ditions favor the allied patrol bow-
lanel la boring her way through the ever not the Deutsehland. The rai*
Atlantic touarel her home |M>rt of observer reports a clear sky and on-
1.. a slight breeze. The ,-u [.marine's
Bremen.
Reports coming into Hampton j actual submersion was witnessed on-
ndli .if- the pioneer submar-: ly by her pilot tug, the Timmins. and
ine bio kade runner has not poked those aboard the Timmins were not
her periscope above, the water since close enough to be sure thej hid
she i merged near the capes last seen the dive maele until wave after
At that time the nearest wave of the heavy sea had come up
FACES PRESIDENT
ami gone down without th'- submarine's light again showing.
A Mile Outsiele.
The submersiou was mad" about
a mile outside the capes, tbe Timmins crew reported when they put
into Neirfolk early today.
Captain
Hinsch of the
British warship was five miles dis-
tanl according to the tug Thomas K
Tim nuns which accompanied the
• -bland as far as the- capes.
She Disappeared.
■ i tation of a thrilling chase
ami perhaps some sort of a fight in
connection with tne Deutschland'a
was disappointed. Folks
on shore saw nothing and sigh'- German liner Neckaf, who
si its .\ ho filled big and little harbor aboard the Timmins, said the
craft, saw little more-. In the 'lark art of Captain Koenig and his ire-w
of the night the Deutsehland -lipped before* they went helow was to give
out of the boundary edge of the three chee»rs for America and th*
• I'nited States territorial waters anil American people. This was as the-/
'ducked under and disappeared. That neared the capes. Then all disap-
I
was all. 'ed from the
From Cape Henry came word long the submarine.
interned
was,
last
early today The Irish leader has permission to wear his own clothes oner's Imiuest over the body of Case-
only recently been converted to Cath-' instead of tbe prison garb to which' ment held at 10:30 resulted in the
ollcism.
Two
he objected strongly ou his incar-
Catholie priests, Fathers j relation in the condemned cell. He
solemn verdict that
"due to execution by
his death
hanging."
Wilson's Adviser? See Rauroad Strike Situation! KOVEL-LEMBURG LINE STILL UNDER HEAVY
Is "Full of Dynamite" from Both Economic ASSAULT; WEDGE THREATENING TEUTONS
and Political Standpoint
l-.V ROBERT .1. BENDER
Fatted Press Muff OuueapondPnt.
s'nke.
laile-ii, would a.-sume
cataclysmic propi a the- i,elief
of officials here. It would complete-
Vug .",. \ pn tie np freight Uafflc throughout
tie. in ■ langerous il (J the country haltinir gi ■ a shipments,
- adi to an!
'
Petrograd, Aug
tonic defen
es
he Ki
■..:
Lembui
1
THI
signs of
I
in--r
cial
dis-
I pati1 ■ I ■
■
a i > |
front satet the Uus-
tnixlng infantry atari tilery bombard-
ZEPPELINS RAID EAST COUNTIES, BUT
SLIGHT DAMAGE ONLY IS THE RESULT
ARRANGES HUGE
LORN TO RUSSIA
'I he
I O W I
Hy United Prase
l.oiidnu. Aug .'',. —The fourth German air raid on British east counties
occurred early today, and like previous excursions of like character,
resulted In little damage, according
to flrst official reports.
tae-t reports of any damage have not
yet been received.
It is reported one of the raiders
was hit and badly damaged by anti-
air craft guns.
British patrols sighted the Zeppelins very soon after they reached
Six or seven Zeppelins formed the | points over British soil and anti-air
sejuadron. They,dropped "a c.onsid- craft guns opened at once. The
nrable number" of bombs, according dirigibles flew at heights of from 3,-
to the war office statement, but ex-1 000 to 5,000 feet.
Buckeye News Briefs
NORWAI.K---CTrhus crowd became TOLEDO—Capt. William llaynes, |
panic-stricken when two trained lions 74, veteran lighthouse keeper in this
began fighting in the arena. The | shore section of Lake Krie. is dead]
animals were finally separated. (.ANTON—Striking street clean-
____— ! ere, who demand wage increase, were
told by Service Director McClaskey
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♦ ♦
4- RESCUED FROM LAUNCH. ♦
♦ By United PresB. ♦
♦ Toledo, O., Aug. 3. -Cot- ♦
4- tagers at Friendship Park on ♦
♦ Maumee Hay rescued six men ♦
♦ and four women early today ♦
4- after a launch sprang a leak ♦
♦ and filled with water. ♦
♦ Screams were heard by ♦
♦ residents along the bay who ♦
♦ pressed boats into service. ♦
♦ They found the launch almost -f
4- nnder the water and Its oc- ♦
-4- enpanta struggling in the 4-
-4- waves. All reached the ihore ♦
■f ln safety. ♦
♦ ♦
that they must return to work at
once or forefeit their jobs.
CIUCLKVIL^E- An unidentified'
man was found dead on the Norfolk j
& Western tracks at Duvalle.
WILMINGTON —Kdward Wright,
.-■ onomlc sn I political food and (applies o
faces President Wilson in the threat- extent and with n
eif forecast,
in, n, aa to i dmlnlsl
firials today. The matter
directly before I hi prealde at in
of a lette-r from chairman Harry A.
Wheeler en' the railway committee
I'nited States Chamber of Con
The letter nrges an "inquiry on behalf of the I ■'ministration" to m-
vestlfate the- impending crisis Scores
of informal request! for action also
have been received.
issil.le!
BUT II ODD?
which are not self sap or! ng
or within a territory supplying
a lii-re- (applies - t
only two or three days are kept
would i"' iti Immediate danger of]
starvation or complete bnsineai collapse as eople loft for other!
points. Losses, according to govern- j
ment officials, would mount into hun-i
IlugU'>
However until the trainmen's elreds of millions of dollars.
strike rote l« counted-—expected by From a jiolitieal siahdpoint. th"
Aug. ". the presideat probably will president's position, in attempting to
decide no course of action. , '.ring about an adjustment of the
Wo«M Mean Tie-Up. [difficulty is "full of dynamite" ai-
Krotti an economic standpoint, the'cording to bis advisors.
UANVILLE, 111.
mo 54 hours, w l:
had . quit when bis le
ii temporarily para]
• ;. - .\ he has estabiislie-il a Ii
ird for long-distance |
BVANSTON, 111. Traffic cops
he-re are protected from sun by
huge sun shades. Local society
women made the gifts
ii- ment in a series of batl - .ri<>us
points. German counter attacks in
heaviest uccesalon are being laun
led against tbe Muscovite column!
far without bui ' tempor
arily halting the forward movement
!.' avians
•rei dispatel
than a doxen
: ■■! iCnvi-i and continuing hla
advance, lie is threatening momentarily to take the Kovel-Lemburg
■ Iroad spreading still Aider the
letween G i man and
Til is <ame wedge
i irninj Banks of
thi two Teutonic armies.
Mar hj Terrain is hampering the
' Ru - .-lightly, but the,
confident of e-arly
ami so encouraged by the
which has so iar attempteei
the^ir drive that they are elisdainful
.'ura] obstruction.
GUARD VOTERS WILL BE PERMITTED TO
GO TO POLLS NEXT TUESDAY, IS RULING
—
CHICAGO—In an effort to defeat1
a will which says he must leave- thi
fortune to build a school if he- diet
without issue, Edward Morrison, B2,j MANSFIELD Thirty-four Cuya-
millionalre, adopted Margaret and bags county inmates of the- Ohio
Alice Bnrnstein, ifi and 10, o pec vtat»- reformatory were among the
tive-ly
Samuel Mr Roberts.
Samuel McRoberts, senior vice
president of the National City Hank
lineman, had both arms badly burned of New York> '■ the «an who has
By United Press
Camp Willis,
guardsmi..
and it'
get a cham
mary elections
I men, mustered out under the war de-
Aug. S.—National I partmeat'a order ' relieving married]
who can go home men with dependents. This stilli
le -4 hours will leaves the regiment with 1293 ofli-
in Tuesday's pri-: cers and men—the largest regiment!
in camp.
CHICAGO—"Bill Bryan, pet
fox terrier, resented Lillian
Lather, 20 attempting to act ■ -
naker between her father
and mother and bit her In the
calf. In the exciti ment following [>•
1S2 successful applicants fur parole
at the- bi-numthly parole
til" state board.
TOLEDO -James, s Brmitej Sr ,
67, prominent politician Is de
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when he slid the entire length of a
pole upon which he was working.
ZANE8V1LLE —■ Governor Willis
and many other state officials attended the funeral of General Robert B.
Brown.
CLEVELAND — Twenty-two languages are represented In the circulation department of the public library here, according to an announcement made by Librarian C. B.
VI tr
just arranged a loan of 166,000,000
to the Russian government. Mi-Roberta spent two months in Russia and
predicts a prosperous future for that
country.
LINER 18 BUNK.
London, Aug. 3.- The liner Britannic has been sunk, il was announced today. Tha vessel was unarmed.
General
commandi
no genei
tlon lias .
varioc
been given
no object
leaves ol
comma! di
no one n
heavily.
Qnardsmi
regiment w
!-\e-ry few h
the- e-nlire-
Fourth wo;
once.
W. V.
■ I
Mc.Maken, camp
today that while
touching this ques-
i olonels of the
u camp here have-
ll di istand there is
L-rantlng 2 t-hour
' ' men In their
roting age providing
s depleted
NVACK, N Y -Throwing a baseball at a dai '• or at Imlta-
Capt Abo N.-wiov,-. Compaaj F.jt'on cats tor prize, is a game of
ille, rejected recently by theUkm ><»< chance,
army surgeons on account of hernia, i
B re-exarniiied today. Newlove
j Justice Tompkins ruled.
has bad an operation for hernia in
uterval since his first examination.
Major Frank E. Henderson's bat-
too tallion of the Fourth regiment late-
Thursday will start an eight- mile
the local Fourth'hike to a camp site northwest of
I In details; Worthlngton selected by Col. Hyron
day so that: L. Bargar. The men will sleeji in
, 'ilatlon of the pup tents, cooking in the open, and
if bounds at' will march back to camp Friday.
; Other Fourth reyiinent battallions
Tbe Fout ! has W9t 18 I will take the hike later.
NEW YORK — Mrs. Al liavis.
nee Eugenie Kelle; . whose
Broadway and court re>om pyrotechnics made her fairly well
Known, received JOOO.OOb by
father's will
NEW yohk a v.itchiu; tretnaa
saie,! iittle Dot Marselle, eyclonlc
comedian, from Batching eold going
home last night. The Bran aa
caught pilferers carrying Dotty's
street clothes fremi her ilressins ronin
while she Was displaying her—art.
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MORE TO SKJRTK.
By United Pn -
Ntea fort iu I »
Parisian e'llict was n I ■
anent the amount ot
material In milady's skirt.
There is to be more of it.
The addition, talon
i la tors, eloes not mean
garments, skirts are-
■ grown longer Theriiig
predominant in pr-
. ,. Coats will
in- longer for women and
shorter for men. SI.-, n
iiiii.-t s enlarged eeef th"
shoulders without too at
tr- nd toward the old ''b'g-o'-
mutton" of years ago.
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t T ATEHT news earliest; the 4-
4- JL> paper with an opinion -4
♦ ♦
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦IH + + 4444
THE DAILY JOURNAL-HERALD
THE JOUBMAle-HEKALD RECEIVES THE FULL UNITED PRESS WIRE NEWS REPORTS
»M4vt4v«4v44vvvv
♦ ♦
4 Will shopping eoMiev by ■♦»
♦ _VJL reuding eeur ails today ♦
♦ ♦
WHATHKK—I'rolmtily thunder*be—en tonight and Friday.
DBLAWARE, OHIO, THURSDAY EV EKING, Al y officials of the prison. A large
crowd waited outside the grim gaol
slept soundly after he had retired.
Casement expected a reprieve and
commutation of his sentence up to
and when the hell tolled announc-, )agt night b||t _hen darkne8S came
ing tbe law's satisfaction there were j he reaVlz^ there w_ Qse to tighten when th(J prieet
iiv- guards. recited the litany Casement respond-
Calm Till the leant. ! ed in a clear voice:
It was said Casement went calra-| "The Ixird have
ly to his death led by a Catholic soul."
priest who ministered to him when Wore Own Clothes
he retired last night for the lastj Casement was granted just one graded from his knighthooel
time at IOi.IO and when he arose j boon before his death—and that wasjdiately after the conviction.
mercy on my
acy with Kngland's enemies, but to
have sought while in Germany to
persuade Irish prisoners there lo disavow theif allegiance.
Degraded From KnlgtitliiMiel.
The Irish leader was formally de-
HllIiH -
A cor-
Super Submarine Which Astounded the World a
Few Weeks Ago Is Now on Way Out to Sea.
Thought to Have Safely Distanced the Allied
Patrols
\rreo\ points tee \ ieieir < liaprnan.
Victor Chapman, one of the best known of the America:: aviators
lighting for the allie-s, is shown telling the story of the battle in which he
was wounded to a group of Prench officers A few hours lateir he went
up again, and it was hip last flight.
liV CARL l>. CltOAT [after sunrise that no sign bad been
Catted 1'ress Staff IV.n-e-speenile-nt. seen of the Deutsehland. A single
Xorfolk. Va., Aug. It.—Somewhere disappointed British dog of war lay
in the eliree-tion of Germany, safely ,,ff Tape- Henry Light and not anotb-
pari Hie- u I lied warship patrol. Ihe er vessel was in sight Weather con-
siiliiiiarine merchant man Deutserli. i ditions favor the allied patrol bow-
lanel la boring her way through the ever not the Deutsehland. The rai*
Atlantic touarel her home |M>rt of observer reports a clear sky and on-
1.. a slight breeze. The ,-u [.marine's
Bremen.
Reports coming into Hampton j actual submersion was witnessed on-
ndli .if- the pioneer submar-: ly by her pilot tug, the Timmins. and
ine bio kade runner has not poked those aboard the Timmins were not
her periscope above, the water since close enough to be sure thej hid
she i merged near the capes last seen the dive maele until wave after
At that time the nearest wave of the heavy sea had come up
FACES PRESIDENT
ami gone down without th'- submarine's light again showing.
A Mile Outsiele.
The submersiou was mad" about
a mile outside the capes, tbe Timmins crew reported when they put
into Neirfolk early today.
Captain
Hinsch of the
British warship was five miles dis-
tanl according to the tug Thomas K
Tim nuns which accompanied the
• -bland as far as the- capes.
She Disappeared.
■ i tation of a thrilling chase
ami perhaps some sort of a fight in
connection with tne Deutschland'a
was disappointed. Folks
on shore saw nothing and sigh'- German liner Neckaf, who
si its .\ ho filled big and little harbor aboard the Timmins, said the
craft, saw little more-. In the 'lark art of Captain Koenig and his ire-w
of the night the Deutsehland -lipped before* they went helow was to give
out of the boundary edge of the three chee»rs for America and th*
• I'nited States territorial waters anil American people. This was as the-/
'ducked under and disappeared. That neared the capes. Then all disap-
I
was all. 'ed from the
From Cape Henry came word long the submarine.
interned
was,
last
early today The Irish leader has permission to wear his own clothes oner's Imiuest over the body of Case-
only recently been converted to Cath-' instead of tbe prison garb to which' ment held at 10:30 resulted in the
ollcism.
Two
he objected strongly ou his incar-
Catholie priests, Fathers j relation in the condemned cell. He
solemn verdict that
"due to execution by
his death
hanging."
Wilson's Adviser? See Rauroad Strike Situation! KOVEL-LEMBURG LINE STILL UNDER HEAVY
Is "Full of Dynamite" from Both Economic ASSAULT; WEDGE THREATENING TEUTONS
and Political Standpoint
l-.V ROBERT .1. BENDER
Fatted Press Muff OuueapondPnt.
s'nke.
laile-ii, would a.-sume
cataclysmic propi a the- i,elief
of officials here. It would complete-
Vug .",. \ pn tie np freight Uafflc throughout
tie. in ■ langerous il (J the country haltinir gi ■ a shipments,
- adi to an!
'
Petrograd, Aug
tonic defen
es
he Ki
■..:
Lembui
1
THI
signs of
I
in--r
cial
dis-
I pati1 ■ I ■
■
a i > |
front satet the Uus-
tnixlng infantry atari tilery bombard-
ZEPPELINS RAID EAST COUNTIES, BUT
SLIGHT DAMAGE ONLY IS THE RESULT
ARRANGES HUGE
LORN TO RUSSIA
'I he
I O W I
Hy United Prase
l.oiidnu. Aug .'',. —The fourth German air raid on British east counties
occurred early today, and like previous excursions of like character,
resulted In little damage, according
to flrst official reports.
tae-t reports of any damage have not
yet been received.
It is reported one of the raiders
was hit and badly damaged by anti-
air craft guns.
British patrols sighted the Zeppelins very soon after they reached
Six or seven Zeppelins formed the | points over British soil and anti-air
sejuadron. They,dropped "a c.onsid- craft guns opened at once. The
nrable number" of bombs, according dirigibles flew at heights of from 3,-
to the war office statement, but ex-1 000 to 5,000 feet.
Buckeye News Briefs
NORWAI.K---CTrhus crowd became TOLEDO—Capt. William llaynes, |
panic-stricken when two trained lions 74, veteran lighthouse keeper in this
began fighting in the arena. The | shore section of Lake Krie. is dead]
animals were finally separated. (.ANTON—Striking street clean-
____— ! ere, who demand wage increase, were
told by Service Director McClaskey
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦■♦♦♦-♦•♦♦♦■♦"♦•
♦ ♦
4- RESCUED FROM LAUNCH. ♦
♦ By United PresB. ♦
♦ Toledo, O., Aug. 3. -Cot- ♦
4- tagers at Friendship Park on ♦
♦ Maumee Hay rescued six men ♦
♦ and four women early today ♦
4- after a launch sprang a leak ♦
♦ and filled with water. ♦
♦ Screams were heard by ♦
♦ residents along the bay who ♦
♦ pressed boats into service. ♦
♦ They found the launch almost -f
4- nnder the water and Its oc- ♦
-4- enpanta struggling in the 4-
-4- waves. All reached the ihore ♦
■f ln safety. ♦
♦ ♦
that they must return to work at
once or forefeit their jobs.
CIUCLKVIL^E- An unidentified'
man was found dead on the Norfolk j
& Western tracks at Duvalle.
WILMINGTON —Kdward Wright,
.-■ onomlc sn I political food and (applies o
faces President Wilson in the threat- extent and with n
eif forecast,
in, n, aa to i dmlnlsl
firials today. The matter
directly before I hi prealde at in
of a lette-r from chairman Harry A.
Wheeler en' the railway committee
I'nited States Chamber of Con
The letter nrges an "inquiry on behalf of the I ■'ministration" to m-
vestlfate the- impending crisis Scores
of informal request! for action also
have been received.
issil.le!
BUT II ODD?
which are not self sap or! ng
or within a territory supplying
a lii-re- (applies - t
only two or three days are kept
would i"' iti Immediate danger of]
starvation or complete bnsineai collapse as eople loft for other!
points. Losses, according to govern- j
ment officials, would mount into hun-i
IlugU'>
However until the trainmen's elreds of millions of dollars.
strike rote l« counted-—expected by From a jiolitieal siahdpoint. th"
Aug. ". the presideat probably will president's position, in attempting to
decide no course of action. , '.ring about an adjustment of the
Wo«M Mean Tie-Up. [difficulty is "full of dynamite" ai-
Krotti an economic standpoint, the'cording to bis advisors.
UANVILLE, 111.
mo 54 hours, w l:
had . quit when bis le
ii temporarily para]
• ;. - .\ he has estabiislie-il a Ii
ird for long-distance |
BVANSTON, 111. Traffic cops
he-re are protected from sun by
huge sun shades. Local society
women made the gifts
ii- ment in a series of batl - .ri<>us
points. German counter attacks in
heaviest uccesalon are being laun
led against tbe Muscovite column!
far without bui ' tempor
arily halting the forward movement
!.' avians
•rei dispatel
than a doxen
: ■■! iCnvi-i and continuing hla
advance, lie is threatening momentarily to take the Kovel-Lemburg
■ Iroad spreading still Aider the
letween G i man and
Til is '■ the «an who has
By United Press
Camp Willis,
guardsmi..
and it'
get a cham
mary elections
I men, mustered out under the war de-
Aug. S.—National I partmeat'a order ' relieving married]
who can go home men with dependents. This stilli
le -4 hours will leaves the regiment with 1293 ofli-
in Tuesday's pri-: cers and men—the largest regiment!
in camp.
CHICAGO—"Bill Bryan, pet
fox terrier, resented Lillian
Lather, 20 attempting to act ■ -
naker between her father
and mother and bit her In the
calf. In the exciti ment following [>•
1S2 successful applicants fur parole
at the- bi-numthly parole
til" state board.
TOLEDO -James, s Brmitej Sr ,
67, prominent politician Is de
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when he slid the entire length of a
pole upon which he was working.
ZANE8V1LLE —■ Governor Willis
and many other state officials attended the funeral of General Robert B.
Brown.
CLEVELAND — Twenty-two languages are represented In the circulation department of the public library here, according to an announcement made by Librarian C. B.
VI tr
just arranged a loan of 166,000,000
to the Russian government. Mi-Roberta spent two months in Russia and
predicts a prosperous future for that
country.
LINER 18 BUNK.
London, Aug. 3.- The liner Britannic has been sunk, il was announced today. Tha vessel was unarmed.
General
commandi
no genei
tlon lias .
varioc
been given
no object
leaves ol
comma! di
no one n
heavily.
Qnardsmi
regiment w
!-\e-ry few h
the- e-nlire-
Fourth wo;
once.
W. V.
■ I
Mc.Maken, camp
today that while
touching this ques-
i olonels of the
u camp here have-
ll di istand there is
L-rantlng 2 t-hour
' ' men In their
roting age providing
s depleted
NVACK, N Y -Throwing a baseball at a dai '• or at Imlta-
Capt Abo N.-wiov,-. Compaaj F.jt'on cats tor prize, is a game of
ille, rejected recently by theUkm >om pyrotechnics made her fairly well
Known, received JOOO.OOb by
father's will
NEW yohk a v.itchiu; tretnaa
saie,! iittle Dot Marselle, eyclonlc
comedian, from Batching eold going
home last night. The Bran aa
caught pilferers carrying Dotty's
street clothes fremi her ilressins ronin
while she Was displaying her—art.
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By United Pn -
Ntea fort iu I »
Parisian e'llict was n I ■
anent the amount ot
material In milady's skirt.
There is to be more of it.
The addition, talon
i la tors, eloes not mean
garments, skirts are-
■ grown longer Theriiig
predominant in pr-
. ,. Coats will
in- longer for women and
shorter for men. SI.-, n
iiiii.-t s enlarged eeef th"
shoulders without too at
tr- nd toward the old ''b'g-o'-
mutton" of years ago.
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